Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported having access to a loaded gun, without adult permission, at school or away from school during the school year, by selected student and school characteristics: 2007, 2009, and 2011

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]

Student or school characteristic

2007

2009

2011

1

2

3

4

Total

6.7

(0.40)

5.5

>

(0.47)

4.7

(0.43)

Sex

Male.

8.4

(0.56)

7.6

(0.72)

5.6

(0.59)

Female

5.0

(0.47)

3.4

(0.44)

3.6

(0.44)

Race/ethnicity1

White

7.7

(0.55)

6.4

(0.60)

5.3

(0.50)

Black

6.2

(0.98)

3.9

(0.92)

4.1

(0.86)

Hispanic

4.8

(0.79)

4.9

(0.90)

4.1

(0.89)

Asian

‡

(†)

‡

(†)

‡

(†)

Other

9.3

(2.30)

5.4

!

(2.40)

‡

(†)

Grade

6th

2.4

(0.64)

0.8

!

(0.40)

2.0

!

(0.89)

7th

2.6

(0.56)

3.6

(0.84)

3.0

(0.63)

8th

3.2

(0.63)

3.2

(0.63)

2.9

(0.60)

9th

6.8

(0.98)

4.4

(0.80)

4.0

(0.75)

10th

9.2

(1.13)

7.3

(1.02)

5.3

(0.70)

11th

9.9

(1.00)

7.6

(1.16)

6.4

(1.06)

12th

12.3

(1.33)

9.8

(1.44)

8.2

(1.06)

Urbanicity2

Urban

5.8

(0.67)

4.7

(0.72)

4.1

(0.61)

Suburban

6.4

(0.59)

5.5

(0.57)

4.9

(0.55)

Rural

9.1

(1.04)

7.1

(1.39)

4.9

(0.92)

Control of school

Public

6.9

(0.44)

5.8

(0.49)

4.8

(0.42)

Private

4.5

(0.88)

2.3

!

(0.83)

3.2

!

(0.98)

†Not applicable.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

1 Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

2 Refers to the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) status of the respondent's household as defined in 2000 by the U.S. Census Bureau. Categories include "central city of an MSA (Urban)," "in MSA but not in central city (Suburban)," and "not MSA (Rural)."

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2007, 2009, and 2011. (This table was prepared September 2013.)